Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: Offering Condolences and Solace ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ْرٍو النَّخَعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠ُصِيبَةٍ فَلْيَذْكُرْ ٠ُصَابَهُ بِالنَّبِيِّ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَإِنَّهُ ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sulayman ibn ‘Amr al-Nakha’i that Abu 'Abdillah (al-Sadiq) (as) said: "If one experiences sorrow due to [the death of] someone, he should remember his sorrow of [losing] the Prophet (sw) for [his death] is the greatest of all sorrows." ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/174))